Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Toyota 2Q profit up 1% on healthy global sales, by Yuri Kageyama
California discloses Facebook probe, sues for documents, by Tali Arbel
CNN
Investors are dumping oil. So why would anyone buy Saudi Aramco?, by Julia Horowitz
Bad time to be a CEO: 170 top executives left last month, by Jordan Valinsky
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Charges Former Twitter Employees With Spying for Saudi Arabia, by Aruna Viswanatha, Betsy Morris
Google Weighs Changes to Political Ad Policy, by Emily Glazer
Axios
San Francisco, home of Juul, votes to uphold e-cigarette ban, by Kia Kokalitcheva
Airbnb rolls out new efforts to make platform safer, by Courteney Brown
Reuters
China says it has agreed with U.S. to cancel tariffs in phases, by Yawen Chen, Martin Pollard
SoftBank Group shares slide over 4% after massive quarterly loss, by Chris Gallagher
News about business journalism
Minneapolis/St. Paul Biz Journal hires Phaneuf as data reporter
Bloomberg hires Ngui as reporter in Kuala Lumpur
Benveniste to join CNN Business as editor
Jackson hired as associate business editor for South Carolina paper
Crain's Chicago Business is a leading source of news, analysis, and information on the business,…
Emma Sandler has been hired as associate editor at Agenda, a publication under the FT…
Cablefax Daily interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman on her induction into the Cable Hall…
BBC News has hired Charlotte Edwards as a reporter covering money, work and technology. She previously was…
Reuters has promoted Hatem Maher to deputy breaking news editor for the Middle East. Maher has been…
Canada's Financial Post has hired Ben Cousins as a senior editor. He has been working as a…